Record Details
NHER Number: | 13354 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Human skeletal remains and a pistol (Tunstead, poorly located) |
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Summary
It is recorded that 'under the great ash tree at Tunstead' a human thigh bone and an 'ancient pistol' were found. It has been suggested that they represent the remains of a suicide burial, though there is no documentation to support this. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.
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Location
Parish: | TUNSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Under the great ash tree at Tunstead'.
Thigh bone and an 'ancient pistol' found.
Thought to be a suicide, but no record of such.
Finds in Worstead vestry 1887.
Information from NCM Bolingbroke Collection.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
- FIREARM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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